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2 LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the
questions.

WARM-UP

READING

• Vocabulary
• Task 2: Read the text and match the highlighted words in
the text with their meanings.
• Task 3: Read the text again and tick T (True) or F (False) for
each sentence.
• Task 4: Make notes about the village or town where you live
or which you know.
• Task 5: Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the village
or town where you live or which you know. Use the
information in 4.

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the following questions.
1. What can you see in it?

- The buffalos are riding on the field.
- People are harvesting the crop by
combine harvester.
- There is a lake and a house. There are
many tall
trees.

2. Which of the following
adjectives describe the
Peaceful,
vast, picturesque
picture?

READING
* New vocabulary

stretch (v)
/stretʃ/
trải dài

READING
* New vocabulary

canal (n)
/kəˈnæl/
kênh đào

READING
* New vocabulary

cultivate (v)
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
canh tác

READING
* New vocabulary

orchard (n)
/ˈɔːtʃəd/
vườn cây ăn quả

READING
* New vocabulary
New words

Pronunciation

Vietnamese equivalent

/stretʃ/

trải dài

/kəˈnæl/

kênh đào

3. cultivate (v)

/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/

canh tác

4. orchard (n)

/ˈɔːtʃəd/

vườn cây ăn quả

1. stretch (v)
2. canal (n)

READING
the text about life in a village in Viet Nam. Match the highlighted words in
2 Read
the text with their meanings (Read the text in Hoclieu.vn)

READING

3 Read the text again and tick T (True) or F (False) for each sentence.
(T uses hoclieu.vn)

1. Life in the author's village is very peaceful.
2. The people in the village work very hard.
3. Villagers live only by catching fish in lakes, ponds,
and canals.
4. The children are always busy helping their parents.
5. The villagers get along well.

T

F

SPEAKING

4 Make notes about the village or town where you live or which you know.
Keo Quan
Located in Quoc Khanh
Beautiful, there are tall trees
work hard, grow vegetables, cultivate rice, raise cattles
children play mobile games, help their parents

Know each other well
People meet in the evening, eat fruit, sing folk sóng

SPEAKING

5

Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the village or town where you live or which
you know. Use the information in 4.
Keo Quan
Located in Quoc Khanh
Beautiful, there are tall
trees
work hard, grow vegetables,
cultivate rice, raise cattles
children play mobile games,
help their parents
Know each other well
People meet in the evening,
eat fruit, sing folk sóng

I live in Keo Quan. It's an old
village located in ……... The
scenery is..….....People work
……Children play…….and
……. They know…………People
meet…….

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 read about different aspects of a Vietnamese village;
 talk about a village or town where one lives or which one knows;

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
 Do exercises in the workbook.

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